"The state of privacy on the Internet is almost as confused as the state of online copyright. Actually, it's worse. Copyright law has only begun to feel the foundation-shattering effects of Internet technology (of which Napster is merely the first wave). But copyright, at least, has at least several hundred years of solid legal and cultural precedent to fall back on, even if that precedent continues to be eroded or modified."

Preventing Content from Being NapsterizedDigital Rights Management. One of the current topics on the internet is the protection of Intellectual Property. Your thoughts, your images, your photos. A good overview of current technologies is below